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Poor baseboard install/finish help!

7 years ago





Hi all,


We purchased a flipped house that has had some issues, one of which being the awful baseboards.


There was a 2nd piece that looks like it was added after the primary install, likely to cover floor/wall meetup issues. Aside from needing new paint, there are gaps at corners & in some places gaps between the 1st and second pieces (pictures attached).


Any my recommendations on how to fix?

Comments (13)

  • 7 years ago

    Big bulky quarter round; awful. Depending on how big the gap between the flooring and baseboard is, you may be able to replace the quarter round with shoe molding. Shoe mold is taller than it is thick/ wide and looks better than quarter round.



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  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Fill the gaps sand a nd paint it will look 100% better.

  • 7 years ago

    The first mistake was buying a flip. Now you'll have to locate all the rest of the stuff that is behind the walls that is even worse than that.

  • 7 years ago

    Not great, but I've seen worse. As suggested above, carefully filling, sanding, and painting will make it look quite decent.

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    the flippers forgot to sand, prime and paint these things. they did a horrible caulking job too.

    Sand off all of the bumps and ridges until it feels smooth. use wood filler for those mitered corners. let dry, sand smooth. wipe clean. you may have to do a coat of primer.

    use a good quality wood trim paint in a bright white. BM Advance or SW ProClassic are good.

    they put in new floors and didn't take up the baseboards so they used that horrible 1/4 round to hide the seams.

  • 7 years ago

    HI -- Take off all the 1/4 round and put on a shorter baseboard molding ... counter sink all the nails and fill and sand ... then paint with a quality paint . Miter the ends of of any molding for a finished look ..... all will be fine .

  • 7 years ago

    lefty47-

    I thought about that option, too, but was wondering if that large-size 1/4 round is covering up damage....

  • PRO
    7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    In a flip, time is $.

    There may be gaps under quarter round.

    Work with you got.

    Wood filler, sand, clean paint.

    Sell

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Completely agree with kootenaycapable and artistsharonva. You are not going to add value - or even appeal - by replacing the shoemold/quarter-round and/or baseboard. Good caulking and painting should be good enough to refresh it.

  • 7 years ago
    Similar to what my sister's baseboards looked like before we fixed them. I agree with filling, sanding, priming and painting. Use a white wood filler though. I learned this the hard way, being a novice! (brown WF will bleed through)
  • 7 years ago

    Thank you all! Next steps are clear:)

  • 7 years ago

    You also might want to see if there is touch up paint for the walls, because one picture shows where there was apparently peeling paint, and they didnt feather it out, just painted over it., close down to the base boards.